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. 2018 Jan 3;13(2):213–222. doi: 10.2215/CJN.06430617

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants stratified by CKD status at baseline

Baseline Covariates All, n=3390 Baseline CKD Status
No CKD, n=2734 CKD, n=656
Demographics
 Age, yr, mean±SD 55±13 53±13 62±13
 Men, n (%) 1266 (37) 1040 (38) 226 (34)
 Education: less than or equal to high school diploma, n (%) 1221 (36) 878 (32) 343 (52)
 Lower middle income, n (%) 1051 (31) 778 (28) 273 (42)
 Not employed, n (%) 2118 (62) 1853 (68) 265 (40)
Comorbidities
 BMI, kg/m2, mean±SD 32±7 31±7 33±8
 Former/current smoker, n (%) 1015 (30) 798 (29) 217 (33)
 Hypertension, n (%) 2051 (61) 1496 (55) 555 (85)
 Diabetes, n (%) 727 (21) 442 (16) 285 (43)
 History of CVD, n (%) 366 (11) 215 (8) 151 (23)
 CKD awareness,a n (%) 182 (5) 86 (3) 96 (15)
 eGFR, mean±SD 93±24 99±18 71±31
 ACR, median (IQR) 6 (4–12) 5 (4–9) 63 (33–194)
Psychosocial measures [range],b mean±SD
 Perceived discrimination
  Daily [0–54] 9.29±8.96 9.69±9.03 7.61±8.47
  Lifetime [0–9] 2.95±2.16 3.06±2.18 2.5±2.01
  Burden of lifetime [3–10] 3.68±2.42 3.73±2.39 3.46±2.54
 Anger
  In [0–22] 5.32±3.48 5.32±3.51 5.31±3.3
  Out [0–23] 4.41±3.11 4.4±3.09 4.45±3.18
 Hostility [0–27] 11.59±4.85 11.49±4.77 12.11±5.19
 John Henryism [12–60] 29.77±4.44 29.72±4.36 30.02±4.82
 Stress [0–24] 5.0±4.31 5.2±4.36 4.16±4
 Pessimism [0–12] 2.02±2.14 1.97±2.12 2.27±2.23
 Low spirituality [5–30] 6.71±4.66 6.74±4.7 6.62±4.43
 Social status [1–10] 3.37±2.03 3.42±2.03 3.2±2.06
 Perceived social support [0–12] 6.04±2.69 6.1±2.67 5.8±2.73

BMI, body mass index; CVD, cardiovascular disease; ACR, albumin-to-creatinine ratio; IQR, interquartile range.

a

Self-reported history of kidney disease.

b

Range of scores from scales used to assess psychosocial measures. With the exception of social status (which we scored on a reverse scale), higher scores indicate greater rating of each measure.